Apparatus for drawing water



'UNITED sTaTns raTnivT onirica.

SYLVANUS A. WHEAT, OF FRANKLIN, NEW YORK.

APPARATUS FOR DRAWING WATER.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 22,909, dated February 8, 1859.

To all whom 'it muy concern:

Be it known that I, SYLvANUs A. WHEAT, of the town of Franklin, county of Delaware, and State of New York,have invented a new and Improved Apparatus for Drawing Water from Wells or Cisterns; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specication.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing a bucket so as to lill and empty from the bottom also to construct a windlass so as to wind the rope upon the barrel without a tendency to overlap the succeeding coil.

To enable those skilled in the art to use my invention I willlproceed to describe it-s construction and operation.

Figure l is a plan showing the position of the bucket barrel and screw by which the barrel is moved. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a view of the valve or bottom with the rod attached. Fig. 4 is a plan of one of the guides which is placed in the bucket.

I will now describe the construction and operation. I construct a curb or frame of ordinary form having the upright posts A A, to which I frame or attach a cross bar B to which suspend a pulley C over which passes the rope D which winds on the barrel E which barrel is arranged upon the shaft F, which is square one-half its length tho remainder being round and having the thread or screw cut upon which is traversed by a box or nut Gr, which has a flange running inside of the plate H. The nut G has a shank I, through which passes the rod J which is attached to the post and curb. To the shaft is attached a crank L, by which it is turned and made to operate. A

M, is a bucket constructed according to my invention.

N, is a rod passing longitudinally from the top to the bottom and connecting with the valve O, see Fig. 3.

The bucket is constructed with an opening in the bottom which is opened by the weight of the water by placing the bucket upon the spout P which is so arranged by a rim that the bucket shall rest on the outside and leave the valve free to drop when the rope is slackened. The valve O, and rod N, are retained in their place by the guides P P, represented in Figs. 3 and et, one being placed at the top and one near the bottom of the bucket. By turning the crank L the shaft F is made to revolve which causes the nut G to travel lengthwise on the shaft F which nut carries the barrel E so that the rope shall wind regular from end to end without running upon each preceding coil. The bucket being lowered into the water the rod which is attached to the valve being of greater specific gravity than the bucket sinks and thus opens the orifice in the bottom through which the water enters and fills the bucket. The discharge ofthe water from the bucket is eifected by placing the bucket upon the spout which is so constructed as to let the bucket rest on the chime which leaves the center elevated above the bottom of the spout so that the valve can drop as the rope is slackened and thus the water is discharged.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- Giving the barrel a longitudinal motion on the shaft also connecting the valve to the rope by the rod substantially for the purpose described.

SYLVANUS A. IVHEAT.

- Witnesses:

WM. MOCLAUGHRY, GEORGE W. WHEAT. 

